India, July 27 -- Having Artificial Intelligence (AI) monitor vast swathes of photographic footage/evidence of pre-monsoon desilting, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified multiple instances of violations that have saved the civic body over Rs.13 crore. When the AI system detected violations indicating a possible irregularity in desilting, the BMC did not pay the contractor for the tainted trip.

Considering this foray into using AI as successful, particularly as monitoring desilting requires wading through legions of footage, additional municipal commissioner Abhijeet Bangar said the civic body will be investing more and bringing on board an agency for better AI detection for the next pre-monsoon desilting exercise....